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Published Mar 4, 2026, 11:05 AM EST
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The following contains spoilers for Rick and Morty: The End #4, out this week from Oni Press.
Oni Press is now in the back half of its final Rick and Morty licensed comic book series, Rick and Morty: The End (we gave the final issue of the first half of the series a great review at CBR). Rick Sanchez is on the run from the collective of universes following the events of the Rick and Morty Versus the Universe, and Morty was tasked with hunting down his own grandfather or else all Mortys would be erased from the multiverse.
In the first issue, Morty tracked down some characters that he remembered Rick enjoying. They turned out to be a dead end, but it led Morty to running into the new Vindicators, who are now led by Morty's ex-girlfriend, Planetina! The new Vindicators are now calling themselves the "Vinrickators," and at the end of the second issue, after Morty betrayed them to help his grandfather, the Vindicators traveled to the dream reality Rick had been hiding in, and began their attack. Rick easily defeated them, and trapped them in a virtual reality prison, but after they escaped, Rick shocked everyone by simply surrendering!
Now, CBR has an exclusive preview of the fourth issue of Rick and Morty: The End, coming from writer Daniel Kibblesmith and artist Jarrett Williams, which is out this week.
What is the solicitation for Rick and Morty: The End #4, and what are the covers?
RICK AND MORTY: THE END #4 (of 6)
WRITTEN BY DANIEL KIBBLESMITH
ART BY JARRETT WILLIAMS
COVER A BY DAVE BARDIN
COVER B BY TROY LITTLE
MOST WANTED VARIANT (1:10) BY PHIL MURPHY
VARIANT (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER
It’s the trial of the century as Rick Sanchez stands accused of crimes against all existence! His only representation: his grandson, Morty Smith, for the defense! WHAT COULD GO WRONG?!
As the trial gets underway, a cavalcade of all-star characters from Rick and Morty’s storied past (and future) come forward to offer testimony tipping the scales endlessly back and forth in a galactic tête-à-tête between the greatest minds of our time . . . and the worst.
The clock is ticking down to THE END in the next mind-bending chapter of the finale to Oni Press' groundbreaking Rick and Morty saga from Emmy Award nominee Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and fan-favorite artist Jarrett Williams (Speed Force).
$4.99 | 32 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE MARCH 4, 2026
What happens in the preview pages of Rick and Morty: The End #4?
In the preview pages, Morty goes to the interdimensional prison where Rick is being held, and he is shocked to find Rick is apparently being held in the same restraints that Hannibal Lecter was held in in The Silence of the Lambs! Quickly, though, he realizes that that is just a gag Rick is doing to amuse himself.
Morty wants to know why Rick doesn't just easily escape, and Rick explains that there is nowhere to go with the universe constantly hounding him, so he has decided that the only way out of this is to beat the charges, and to do so, he will need Morty to act as his lawyer.
He then explains why he trusts Morty on this issue, as Morty is unflappingly loyal, and that's what Rick needs right now.
Rick and Morty: The End #4 is on sale now.
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